It's a swimming competition not about speed but about artistry, control, balance and the ability to hold your breath underwater for a long time. Artistic swimming is the figure skating of the Summer ...

FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Snicker if you wish. Guffaw for good measure. Bill May and other male synchronized swimmers — now called artistic swimmers — have heard the putdowns before. But they’re getting ...

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When the sport of artistic swimming, formerly synchronized swimming, announced it would allow men to compete in the Paris Games, Bill May saw his chance. But the U.S. team chose only women. By Sarah ...

If Bill May makes the U.S. Olympic team, he will become the first man ever to compete in artistic swimming, formerly known as synchronized swimming, at the Games. Bill May and U.S. Olympic artistic ...

Kristina Makushenko, a retired four-time world champion in synchronized swimming, performed Rachael Gunn’s viral breakdance routine from the 2024 Paris Olympics — while under water and wearing high ...

The scene is viewed from above: Eight women in white halter bathing suits and matching swim caps form geometric shapes in a pristine turquoise swimming pool. They cascade like dominoes on the diagonal ...

The sport, formerly known as synchronized swimming, has a new name as well as more muscular athletes and more risky tricks. At a minimum, it demands endurance, power, leonine grace, hair gelatin, ...

If you’ve been watching the Olympics, you may have noticed that synchronized swimming has a new name. In July 2017, the International Swimming Federation, or FINA, announced that the sport would be ...